* Consumer demand for e-supermarkets booms in bad times Nov 16, 2009
The OECD cites a study by the Forrester research group predicting that western European consumers will buy 123. 1 billion euros in goods online by 2014, for an average annual growth rate of 9. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Internet supermarket booms in bad times Nov 16, 2009
The OECD cites a study by the Forrester research group predicting that western European consumers will buy 123. 1 billion euros' worth of goods online by 2014, for an average annual growth rate of 9. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Rich with history, high in Transylvania Nov 15, 2009
Its location between the Ottoman Empire and Western Europe made it a trade route hub. The original medieval settlement, founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1211 and settled by the Saxons, has been preserved and restored, drawing historians and tourists to the old city where there s plenty to do and see. (Boston Globe)
Report: Orange Cove mayor's son traded meth for card info Nov 15, 2009
He was arrested after drugs were found in his home, on Sumner Avenue on the western edge of the city ... The younger Lopez lives in a house with his wife and three children on Sumner Avenue on the western edge of Orange Cove, Mayor Lopez said. (Fresno Bee)
Cibola grad takes Ghana study trip Nov 14, 2009
I stopped seeing poverty from the exalted and idolized Western view of Third World countries. I began to see the tragedies of developing countries for exactly what they are tragic - because the knowledge and resources exist to mitigate many of the problems in Ghana, but the problems are not being adequately addressed. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
A cautionary note for dog owners Nov 14, 2009
Canine influenza was first confirmed in Pittsburgh on Feb. 2, 2007, at the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania in Larimer. Two dogs died and four had to be euthanized when they developed a serious form of pneumonia, a complication of the flu. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Playing with fire Nov 14, 2009
A large poster, Western Game Fish Identification Chart, rests against one wall of his studio, and fish in various stages of creation float across every surface. A bisque-colored six-piece sturgeon is neatly stacked on a long shelf filled with scores of unfinished ceramics. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
General Releases Nov 14, 2009
Purdue Official Athletic Site. at NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship. (Purduesports.com)
Lions, radio station team up for winter clothing effort Nov 14, 2009
Today, the Christmas to Remember Foundation, along with Hometown Radio and underwriters Jackson Lions Club and Western Calaveras Lions, continue the work that started so long ago. Last year, through the generosity of area service organizations, employee organizations and countless individuals, new winter clothing was purchased for more 700 children from Amador and western Calaveras county schools ... Funds raised are used to purchase new clothing for area children and youth who are identified... (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Shoppers' delight -- art, crafts, ski equipment Nov 14, 2009
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wyoming will hold its seventh annual Stories of Light dinner/wine tasting/auction at the Best Western Ramkota from 6 to 10 p.m. The theme this year is I wish to be a cowboy. . (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Woodcarving Takes Imagination, Patience Nov 13, 2009
As the large burl dried, Elkins looked at the shapes among the irregular protrusions that resembled the towers and clumps of red clay left by erosion in some Western landscape. Finally, the carver began to see the shadow of a mythical figure. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai's Terrifying Gamble Nov 13, 2009
Its amazing some people go to such length to make sure Zimbabweans continue to suffer simply because they want to be paid by western for doing their dirty work for them. Why this negative attitude. (allAfrica.com)
Catching up with Richard Blum Nov 13, 2009
A: In 1968, I spent a month going up the mountains in western Nepal and stayed in Tibetan refugee camps. Little kids would sit on my lap, speak in English, and I was just gone. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Francescas collections coming to The Summit Nov 13, 2009
Francescas collections coming to The Summit - Business First of Louisville. for free extra services. (Louisville Business First, KY)
POLICE LOG / Monday, Nov. 2 to Sunday, Nov 8 Nov 13, 2009
Walk-in party to see an officer regarding $3,000 being transferred from his account to Canada via Western Union. R/P reports this was done within the last hour. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
A Beard Too Far Nov 12, 2009
Divisions of British Indian Army fought in the Western Desert, in the Middle East, in Eritrea, Ethiopia, they fought in Italy and took part in the liberation of Greece. Early WW1 35,000 troops of Indian Army Sikhs - 22% of armed forces, Sikhs less than 2% of Indian population. (CBS News)
Body Piercing and Jewellery Nov 11, 2009
Ironically, nostril piercing was later adopted by western hippies who travelled to India in the late 1960 s and 70 s, and by the punks of the 1980 s and 90 s, in order to shock the social rank it once stood for. In the name of religion, Aztec and Mayan shamans and high priests pierced their tongues to communicate with the gods. (Suite101.com)
Writing through the rubble Nov 10, 2009
And for political, historical and cultural reasons, an occupation by Western powers was inevitably going to be disastrous ... Steele writes that "the enormity of having Western tanks on Arab streets revives memories of an era of imperialism that was supposed to be over; the foreigners' presence brings back every Arab's latent sense of shame." ... Instead, they clung to the bizarrely simplistic belief that Saddam's sins had simply erased history, and that Iraqis would be so overjoyed to be... (Salon)
Fighting in north Afghanistan kills 130 insurgents Nov 10, 2009
Most are US forces stationed at Bagram Air Base and Italian soldiers at the military base in Herat in western Afghanistan. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Click to read:Exclusive: Rape in America: Justice Denied Nov 10, 2009
Exclusive: Rape in America: Justice Denied - CBS News. CBS News Investigates. (CBS News)
The West's undoing, as seen by North Korea Nov 9, 2009
The official North Korean news agency has warned that capitalism is actually on the brink of collapse, contrary to the propaganda pushed in Western media in recent weeks. The chaotic financial policy of the US aimed at weathering the financial difficulties created by its 'anti-terror war' only facilitated the collapse of the real estate market and deepened the financial crisis,'' reasoned the update from the Central News Agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Field of Dreams Nov 9, 2009
Indiana and Iowa joined what had been known as the Western Conference in 1899, and they became a part of the newly-named Big Nine the following year. The Big Nine wouldn't become known as the Big Ten until the 1917 season when Michigan - which had earlier been a member of the conference before dropping out for nine years - rejoined the league. (Indiana Sports -- Rivals.com)
Diggings: Butte Central sets up store to support school Nov 8, 2009
But Shawn Beqaj, vice president of public affairs, said the company has expanded its capacity in southwest and western Montana to help solve the problem. "It's been repaired," Beqaj said. (Montana Standard, MT)
Western ski resorts hope for earlier openings Nov 8, 2009
Here's a look at a quartet of Western resorts. CALIFORNIA. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Islamic fashion Nov 7, 2009
Page last updated at 12:08 GMT, Friday, 6 November 2009. Fashion that adheres to Islamic rules is a largely untapped market and Malaysia is trying to position itself as the fashion capital for the Muslim world, says the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
RBA Says Australia's Economy to Grow Faster Than Forecast, Rate Will Rise Nov 7, 2009
The economy will continue its expansion in 2011 and 2012 as companies boost investment in resources, including Western Australias A$43 billion ($39 billion) Gorgon liquefied natural gas project owned by Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the bank said in todays quarterly monetary policy. Growth in business investment and exports is expected to be strong, underpinned by the ongoing expansion of the resources sector, the bank said. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Saturday's Sentinel police log Nov 7, 2009
A Upper Frankford Township woman responded to an e-mail purporting to be an attempt to update her AOL account information, after which someone attempted to make a $400 Western Union transfer at 11:39 a.m. Nov. 4 using her information. The bank denied the transfer, and police are investigating who stole the womans information. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Budget trims lead homeless shelters across Mass. to cut services and beds Nov 7, 2009
Officials at the largest provider of homeless services in Western Massachusetts intend to cut their shelter s security detail. The changes, fallout from the budget cuts announced last month by Governor Deval Patrick, have stirred outrage among advocates for the homeless who call them unconscionable and argue that the state s most vulnerable population has been singled out. (Boston Globe)
Beyond the Multiplex Nov 7, 2009
Certainly the rambling, episodic plot of "Woman on the Beach," which follows a group of discontented artistic types to an out-of-season resort on Korea's western coast, feels like something Rohmer would pursue ... Maybe it's one of those cyclical, cultural things, that scholars a generation from now will start to figure out, like the disappearance of the western ... I'm not discussing here the enormous Japanese and Korean horror wave of the '90s and 2000s, which has been highly influential in... (Salon)
Moore's Scratch Golf deal offers part-ownership Nov 6, 2009
While at UNLV in 2004, he won the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Public Links, NCAA championship, Western Amateur and Sahalee Players Championship. He also was a four-time NCAA All-America and low amateur at the 2005 Masters. (ESPN -- Golf)
Olympic torch shines light on Gwich'in, Haida towns Nov 6, 2009
With the three months away, the traditional Olympic Torch Relay has been skirting Alaska's border in Western Canada, bringing the spotlight to villages that rarely get media attention. The torch was in the tiny of Old Crow, Yukon, on Wednesday, and villagers -- some in caribou skin clothing -- piled onto snowmachines to lead a half-mile parade. (Anchorage Daily News)
Troubles for a Deal — and for Obama — in Honduras Nov 6, 2009
That much was clear this week when the deal's chief U.S. negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, confirmed that under its terms, the U.S. would recognize the election result even if congress declines to restore Zelaya. Shannon's statement prompted a frustrated Zelaya to send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a letter asking her to "clarify to the Honduran people if the U.S. position condemning the coup d';tat has been changed for modified.". (Time.com)
Loper pastors Warsaw, Carthage churches Nov 5, 2009
Her husband was called to pastor a church in western North Carolina and she went into interim ministry. Then in 2007 she accepted the ministry near New Orleans. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)
Corps starts $1B barrier for western New Orleans Nov 5, 2009
Corps starts 1B barrier for western New Orleans. (Created: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 12:39 PM MST). (Havre Daily News, MT)
Buffett in railroad buy-out deal Nov 4, 2009
The railroad also ships goods from western US ports including refrigerators, clothing and TVs. Berkshire Hathaway already owns about 22% of BNSF and said it will pay $100 a share for the rest of the company. (BBC News -- Americas)
Buffetts Berkshire to buy BNSF Railway Nov 4, 2009
The railroad also ships a large amount of goods from Western ports including everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs. Analysts say Buffett is planting both feet in an industry that is poised to grow as the economy gets back on solid ground. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Betting on BNSF Nov 4, 2009
It also carries everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs from Western ports like Los Angeles and Seattle. Burlington Northern made about 31 percent of its money last quarter from shipments of consumer products from the West to major hubs like St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Buffett’s Berkshire buying Burlington Northern RR Nov 4, 2009
The railroad also ships a large amount of goods from Western ports including everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and Tvs. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas in Seattle said the sale should not change operations in Montana. (Havre Daily News, MT)
Buffett's Big Bet: $34B on 2nd-Largest Railroad Nov 4, 2009
It also carries everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs from Western ports like Los Angeles and Seattle. Berkshire will pay $100 a share in cash and stock for the rest of the company, more than a 30 percent premium on the Monday closing price of Burlington Northern shares. (ABC News -- Wire)
Buffett buys Burlington Northern for $34B Nov 4, 2009
The railroad also ships a large amount of goods from Western ports including everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs ... The city serves as the railroads eastern end point for its western U.S. routes, and locally, Metra commuter trains use the BNSF track. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Ariz. Dad Ran Over "Westernized" Daughter Nov 2, 2009
Dad Ran Over "Westernized" Daughter - CBS News ... Dad Ran Over "Westernized" Daughter ... Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant, is accused of running down his daughter with his Jeep because she had become too "westernized." (KPHO). (CBS News)
If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good? Nov 1, 2009
You make a very powerful statement about the crisis of terrorism facing Western culture ... Western values of individualism and free expression would be obliterated under the fundamentalist regime sought by militant jihadists ... There is no clear way to define "victory" in this folly -- which tried to jump-start Western democracy in a country with none of our long traditions of civil law or free speech. (Salon)
Ask the pilot Nov 1, 2009
And some of you might remember Western Pacific Airlines, the Colorado Springs-based operator, now defunct, whose "logojet" 737s advertised, among other things, hotel casinos and car rental companies ... Western Pacific went bust around the time that "The Simpsons" at last became completely unwatchable (1996 was the last tolerable season), and billboard schemes have remained, for now, occasionally and judiciously applied. (Salon)
Growing and Cooking Fresh Curry Lea... Oct 31, 2009
Some nurseries sell curry trees, however ensure you are buying the true Murraya koenigii and not the western herb Curry Bush or Helichrysum italicum which is a different plant altogether ... Curry leaves are used in South Asian cooking much like bay leaves are used in western cooking. (Suite101.com)
Faleh Hassan Almaleki Oct 31, 2009
Muslim Father Arrested for Running Over 'Westernized' Daughter - ABC News ... Muslim Father Arrested for Running Over 'Westernized' Daughter ... A woman's friends say her Iraqi father injured her for being too Westernized. (ABC News)
Donations flow to American Samoa Oct 30, 2009
His grandmother lived on an island in Western Samoa. Samoa tsunamis obliterate some coral, spare others. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Click to read:Scaring up Some Small-Town Excitement Oct 30, 2009
The First Heavy Snows of Autumn Hits a Large Swath of the Rockies and Western Plains. Phillies Take Game 1 Over the Yankees Behind Dominant Cliff Lee. (CBS News)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Oct 30, 2009
Metamorphosis (h), a veteran jazz group that mixes Western music with traditional Taiwanese folk music, appears tonight at Riverside Cafe (ed). Tomorrow indie-rockers Love Manana (Rj) open for pop-punk rockers The Fen-Fens (). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
B'way reprise for Rocawear Oct 28, 2009
Nicholas Bell,who now owns the 160,000-foot building with his brother Robert and three sisters, said their grandfather, Dr. William Bell, had invested in Western railways and then a steam car plant that went belly-up ... Nicholas Bell, who now owns the 160,000-foot building with his brother Robert and three sisters, said their grandfather, Dr. William Bell, had invested in Western railways and then a steam car plant that went belly-up. (New York Post -- Business)
Elaine Henry Oct 28, 2009
Best investment When The Smith Family was opening in an official capacity in Western Australia, we paid to fly a tertiary student we had supported from Sydney to Perth to tell her story. After dinner, she said she'd like to go straight back to her hotel room because she'd never had a room of her own. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Lions, radio station team up for winter clothing effort Oct 28, 2009
Today, the Christmas to Remember Foundation, along with Hometown Radio and underwriters Jackson Lions Club and Western Calaveras Lions, continue the work that started so long ago. Last year, through the generosity of area service organizations, employee organizations and countless individuals, new winter clothing was purchased for more 700 children from Amador and western Calaveras county schools ... Funds raised are used to purchase new clothing for area children and youth who are identified... (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Max & Erma's files for Chapter 11 Oct 27, 2009
which has two Louisville restaurants, filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Friday. The restaurant s operational headquarters are based in Columbus, Ohio. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Alleged teen burglars victimized celebs Oct 27, 2009
Most of the group were classmates at a continuation school in Agoura Hills, set atop a leafy incline in an upscale neighborhood in the western San Fernando Valley next to a traditional high school. BMWs and Audis were parked in the student lot Monday, and some of the nearby roads mark off horse trails for equestrians. (AZCentral -- News)
Vehicle was without driver for 4 blocks before impact Oct 27, 2009
The car veered north on 19th for several hundred feet past intersections with Broadway, Western and Prairie. According to the police report, the car eventually drifted west across 19th Street and went onto the sidewalk toward Stoke, who lives a short distance from the accident scene. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Answers target specific age groups Oct 27, 2009
Cody is losing its western image to bikers (motorcycles) ... Among responses to What do you think best defines western culture in Cody Country ... The western dress of shop owners and attractions. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
In praise of the veil (part the second) Oct 26, 2009
Indeed the Empress Farah never veiled and wore glamorous Western attire. It was too much too quickly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Anti-Capitalist Impulse on the Right Oct 24, 2009
In his book, Luxury: The Concept in Western Thought, Eden to Smollett, John Sekora notes. (T)he pursuit of luxury, however considered, was viewed as a fundamental and generic vice from which other subordinate vices would ensue. (Townhall.com)
AP News in Brief Oct 24, 2009
Iran's acquiescence would be a boost to Obama administration efforts to curtail Tehran's nuclear program and ease Western fears about its potential to make nuclear weapons. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Frontier bringing Denver service back to Louisville Oct 23, 2009
The airport has worked diligently over the past 12 months to re-establish vital links to top business destinations in the western United States, said Skip Miller, executive director of the , in a news release. The new Frontier flights will depart from Denver at 11:15 a.m. and arrive in Louisville at 3:42 p.m. They will depart Louisville at 4:25 p.m. and arrive in Denver at 5:27 p.m.. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
This gives the idea that "the debate" about the issue of women's rights is centered on a Western fault -- that of denying women the right to cover her hair, which is at best a minor news item ... While there was a mini-list of Muslim ideas and inventions (including the questionable assertion that we owe our "mastery of pens and printing" to the Arabs), no comparable credit was given to the enormous Western contributions to science, medicine and technology ... But the gravest omission was that... (Salon)
Police Hunt for Dad in Attempted Honor Killing Oct 23, 2009
Arizona Police Hunt for Muslim Father Who Ran Over 'Westernized' Daughter - ABC News ... Police Say Faleh Hassan Almaleki Believed His Daughter Was 'Too Westernized ... "He felt she was becoming too westernized and he didn't like that.". (ABC News)
> Louisville receives brownfield grant for Park Hill Corridor Oct 22, 2009
Its eastern boundary stretches into portions of Old Louisville and the western fringes of the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus. The area includes existing businesses, shuttered businesses, a public housing complex and scattered pockets of homes. (Louisville Business First, KY)
* Taiwanese tapestry Oct 21, 2009
The Japanese architecture, Chinese landscape painting, comic book figures and Western consumer items, unsystematically arranged on a canvas that includes an archeological find, underscore Lees point that a conglomeration of influences shaped Taiwans cultural identity, and each influence can only be understood in the context of the others. Lees use of diverse styles also reflects his democratic approach to art. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Government school uniforms must be sewn where they would distributed Oct 21, 2009
Paul E. Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, said clothing to be distributed under the free school uniform project, must be sewn locally to boost the confidence and capacity of the country's Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs). Mr. Aidoo said this when the national executives of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Sekondi on Monday. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Dangerous crossing gets MDOT attention Oct 21, 2009
Morris also said some of the embankment on the north side of the intersection will be cut away to make the western horizon more visible, and that bids on the project to raise the grade of the infamous "dip" just before the intersection on Highway 84 eastbound should be awarded sometime close to the end of October. He said that has been an ongoing project since 63-year-old Janice Allen was killed in a midday accident at Laird's Crossing on May 12. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
